deken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: de‧ken
• Rhymes: -eːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch deken, from Old Dutch *thekina, from Proto-Germanic *þakinō.

Noun

deken f (plural dekens, diminutive dekentje n)

1. a blanket, warm textile cover

   Synonym: sprei

2. (figuratively) a blanket, covering layer

   Een deken van sneeuw bedekt de winterse tuin, die zich 's zomers met kleurige dekens van bloemen siert

   A blanket of snow covers the wintery garden, which in summer is ornate by colorful flower blankets

Synonyms

• dekkleed

Noun

deken n (plural dekens, diminutive dekentje n)

1. the permanent flooring of a fishery vessel

Derived terms

• beddendeken
• bundeken
• dekenruwer
• dekenstrijker
• dekenvlag
• dekenwever
• donsdeken
• hondendeken
• lappendeken
• onderdeken
• overdeken
• paardendeken
• reisdeken
• tochtdeken

 

Descendants

• → Aukan: degii
• → Caribbean Javanese: déken
• → Papiamentu: deken, dekel, deklo
• → Saramaccan: déigi

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dēken, from Old Dutch and Proto-West Germanic *dekan, from Latin decānus (“dean, chief of ten”). Compare Old High German tehhan(t) (Modern German Dechant). Doublet of decaan, a later borrowing.

Noun

deken m (plural dekens, diminutive dekentje n)

1. a dean, certain priestly offices
   1. presiding over a chapter, as in a cathedral or collegiate church
   2. pastoral chief in a part of a diocese comprising several parishes
2. a chairman in certain professional corporations
3. a doyen, eldest, as in the corps diplomatique
4. some other presiding officers, e.g. of a neighborhood

Synonyms

• (doyen): ouderdomsdeken

Derived terms

• dekenaat
• dekenbond
• dekenij
• dekenschap
• buurtdeken
• eredeken
• gildedeken
• landdeken
• kardinaal-deken
• opperdeken
• ouderdomsdeken

Related terms

• decaan
• decanaal

See also

• stafhouder

Anagrams

• denke, kende, knede, kneed